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Christina Rhodes, BS, is an earth science writer on the editorial staff at Biology Insights. A certified public high school teacher, Rhodes still supervises student geology fieldwork each semester. She received her undergraduate degree in earth science education.

How Long Has the Continental Crust Been Evolving?
What Is a Stratigraphic Column and How Is It Made?
How Does Metamorphism Affect Basalt?
Why Has the Earth Tilted 31.5 Inches?
How Is the Composition and Structure of the Earth Determined?
Why Is It Important for Scientists to Understand Subduction Zones?
What Type of Rock Formed the First Continents?
What Do Mid-Ocean Ridges Form and How?
How Can You Distinguish a Meteoroid From an Earth Rock?
What Type of Rock Layer Is Easy to Date?
What Happens Over Time to Rock That Is Stressed?
Is Wind a Form of Weathering or Erosion?
On What Basis Do Geologists Estimate the Age of the Earth?
How Are Extrusive Igneous Rocks Formed?
What Rock-Forming Processes Are Associated With Mountain Building?
Why Is Decompression Melting Common at Mid-Ocean Ridges?
How Does Magmatic Differentiation Occur?
Why Do Sedimentary Rocks Sometimes Have Layers of Different Colors?
Will Plucking Occur If a Glacier Is Not Advancing?
What Is Required for an Igneous Rock to Weather?
How Does Porphyritic Texture Form in Igneous Rocks?
How Are Tectonic Plates Able to Move and Shift?
What Will the Next Supercontinent Look Like?
What Process Can Turn Obsidian Into Sediment?
Where Is Hydrothermal Metamorphism Common?
How Are Active Continental Margins Related to Plate Tectonics?
What Is a Geologic Map and How Do You Read One?
Does Basalt Have Crystals? Explaining Its Structure
What Makes the Lithosphere Different From the Asthenosphere?
How Can Sedimentary Rock Show Earth’s History?